Relief Supervisor Jobs

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Relief Supervisor! This role is based in our Manufacturing Plant in Langley, BC and reports to the Production Manager.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

The Relief Supervisor will lead the Production and Blending teams to continuously improve performance in safety, quality and productivity while developing talent and implementing and supporting LEAN operating principles. They will provide back up support to the Shift Supervisors to ensure efficient coverage across all shifts.

Principal Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of specifications for services, equipment, products, supplies, and substitute materials
• Monitor quality of output and take appropriate action, including shutdown of process, to prevent or limit production of off-grade material. Conducts, and assists others in conduct of, investigations to resolve causes of quality defects
• Establish and grow a culture where Safety is a core value through implementing and ensuring adherence to plant health, safety and environmental procedures to secure a safe and efficient workplace
• Attend internal product development meetings to identify new product demands, schedules, and procurement needs
• Assign housekeeping tasks to maintain production area in a neat and orderly condition. Collaborate with other shift supervisors in housekeeping endeavours. Prepares production area for housekeeping inspections and serves, as assigned, on inspection teams
• Monitor product quality, determining how much scrapped product can be sent to regrind or for re-use, as needed
• Establish assigned production goal at start of shift. Assign personnel and determine use of machines to achieve this goal. Arranges for flow of raw material and finished product. Monitors progress during shift and take corrective action
• Ensure that daily operations are running in accordance with the priority schedules of orders and to align with both customer and company standards safely and efficiently, collaborating closely with other departments and troubleshooting when necessary
• Lead, coach and mentor production team, provide training and communicate activities of the production shift
• Sustain, implement, and continually improve the 5S program
• Provide relief coverage to Production Supervisors, as needed
• Prepare operating reports to summarize production, downtime and variance performance by machine and shift in the production area (i.e. end of shift report). Performs regular process observations and conducts root cause analysis for variances
• Proactively monitor the MES data management system to ensure accuracy and effective information

Qualifications & Experience

• Self-starter, ability to work under minimal to no supervision
• An understanding of products and process knowledge is an asset
• Ability to empower and encourage employee performance (including monthly one on one discussions)
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office software
• Problem solver and trouble shooting skills
• Understanding of lean manufacturing and quality management standards (ISO 9001, Six Sigma, 5S, etc.), is an asset
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a production plant environment
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written
• 2+ years’ experience in a leadership capacity
• Positive and supportive attitude

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]